Amy B. Carbins

Amy's experience includes:

• Represented a real estate investment fund in acquisition and financing of a 132,000 SF data center leased to two investment-grade tenants in Ashburn, VA. 
• Represented a data center company in the private offering of US$850 million notes secured by a portfolio of data centers in Oregon, Texas, Georgia, Illinois and California.
• Represented purchaser/landlord in sale/leaseback of a broadcasting headquarters in Los Angeles, CA for US$211 million with a 35-year lease.
• On-going representation of private real estate company in acquisition, joint venture, mortgage and preferred equity financings and sale of US$1.3 billion multi-family portfolio.
• Represented purchaser in acquisition of US$220 million portfolio of five single-tenant defense contractor office buildings in Northern Virginia.
• On-going representation of major national retailer in financing, dispositions, and portfolio management of over 1,000 retail sites nationwide.
• Represented international non-profit think-tank as tenant in a 90,000 SF lease for its new headquarters in Washington, DC.
• Represented Am Law 100 firm as tenant in a 185,000 SF lease in a to-be-constructed trophy office building in Washington, DC.
• Represented international oil company in disposition of real estate and other assets including more than 800 individual retail properties in the Southwest to a single purchaser.
• Represented lender in foreclosure, leasing, and disposition of a two-building office project, including single-tenant leases for each building.

Chambers USA

• Band 1, District of Columbia Real Estate, (2024)
• Band 3, District of Columbia Real Estate, (2022–2023)
• Band 4, District of Columbia Real Estate, (2021)
  Chambers comments, "Amy Carbins is co-chair of the practice, and offers expertise in matters including acquisitions, leases and complex structuring financings." Clients say, "She has a no-nonsense approach. She likes to cut through and get a deal, which is much appreciated in transaction mode." "She's learned from the best and has a terrific ability to negotiate firmly while keeping all parties engaged and moving forward."

The Legal 500 United States

• Recommended, Real Estate, (2020–2024)
• Up and Coming, District of Columbia Real Estate, (2020)

Additional Awards

• Named Law360's MVPs of the Year award in the Real Estate, (2020)
• Honored in the Women of Influence Awards, CRE Legal Counsel category by GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum, (2020)

• Moderator, "Exploring the Dos and Dont's Behind Pivoting an Asset and the Incentives to Revitalize The District Through Repositioning," D.C. Office to Residential Conversions Summit (June 8, 2023)
• Speaker, Legal Mentor Transactional Bootcamp Series - Session 4, DLA Piper (2023)
• Moderator, "Real Estate Investment: Trends and Issues Driving the Region's Commercial Real Estate Market and Economy," Washington, DC (January 24, 2023)

• Quoted, "Multifamily Investors: Buying Time?," Multi-Housing News, May 29, 2025
• Quoted, "Mergers & acquisitions influx in DC: when worlds collide: 4 types of CRE mergers and why so many are happening," DC Bisnow, May 14, 2019
• Mentioned, "Prime Silicon Beach Office Building Recapitalized," Commercial Property Executive, June 12, 2019